Second-hand texts have been the order of the day during the first week of courses, a survey of local book stores indicated yesterday. The shift from now to used books was attributed unanimously by booksellers on the Square to the drop in the number of veterans' book authorizations issued at registration.
This year, only two out of five of the College's 2,500 veterans are buying books under the G.I. Bill, according to figures released by John H. Munro '34, Counsellor for Veterans. As a result of upped tuition, only those few vets with a great deal of excess eligibility time have elected to have the government pay for their texts, be explained.
Slightly Used
Mark Kramer, at the Harvard Book Store, said that almost all requests are for second-hand volumes, but noted that when the supplies of used texts are exhausted, new copies are usually acceptable to the students.
The same story prevailed at Phillips, where the great demand has been for volumes in the "slightly used" category.
Last year, virtually all of the College's 4,000 veterans had book cards. This year, only 1,000 have been issued by the Book Department.
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